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2nd Map- Map of Lakeshire

Here is my second finished map. I've changed some of my techniques from the last map I made, especially the buildings. Some of the stuff is from video tutorials by Butch Curry. It was made in Photoshop CS4. Feel free to give constructive criticism.

Info on the Town of Lakehire:
Lakshire is a town full of people that love Lake Fairwind. There are people on the lake everyday. It is a well known port. Lakeside is mostly residential. East Lakeshire has a small amount of houses. There is no wall around the town because the nearest threat of danger would have to go through alot of defenses before it got to the main region that Lakeshire is in.

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Eabrek23

-"All we have to decide is what to do with the time given to us."-
-J.R.R. Tolkien-

The buildings are cool. Now ya just gotta make the forest look like that.

If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)

Hmm, I was experimenting with the lake and came up with this. All I did was select the lake lines, and then render those blue colored clouds, then faded it in some areas. Which one do you guys think is better?

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Eabrek23

-"All we have to decide is what to do with the time given to us."-
-J.R.R. Tolkien-

Yah I think you are right about the trees. So you're saying that the map in the very first post of this thread looks better than the second posted map in this thread? Cause if you are, I agree with you, I just wanted to see what it would look like.
As for the tutorial vids, yah they are great. I didnt know much about PS when I found them at first. Just go to youtube and type in 'Fantasy Cartography with Adobe Photoshop #' Theres 12 episodes for the types of maps I showed, and then there's 6 or 7 on more zoomed out maps like. I'm gonna try one of the zoomed out maps once I finally get over this cold.

Eabrek23

-"All we have to decide is what to do with the time given to us."-
-J.R.R. Tolkien-